Chapter 5 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 3 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 3 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Ner._ O most impatient! I have yet no pretext. _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will. Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it. I have no desire to taste her dishes.
Chapter 5 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 3 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “I have no desire to taste her dishes.”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “_Ner._ O most impatient!”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “_Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.”
bulge outward
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
From this reading “I have yet no pretext.”
plural of “rule” — a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading “Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.”
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “I have no desire to taste her dishes.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading I have no desire to taste her dishes.
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading I have no desire to taste her dishes.
at any time
From this reading _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have yet no pretext.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I have no desire to taste her dishes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have yet no pretext.
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading _Ner._ O most impatient!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
used to form the superlative
From this reading _Ner._ O most impatient!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
an old word for “no”
From this reading _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ner._ O most impatient!
not any; not one
From this reading I have yet no pretext.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading _Ner._ O most impatient!
bulge outward
From this reading _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
From this reading I have yet no pretext.
plural of “rule” — a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading I have no desire to taste her dishes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have no desire to taste her dishes.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Pop._ Nay, nor ever will.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
but in spite of that
From this reading I have yet no pretext.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Besides, your mother rules: she would not suffer it.
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